Product Description

In October of 1938, on their farm homestead in Ohio, a black family is caught up in the fear generated by the Orson Welles "Martians have landed" broadcast.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2398958 in Books
• Published on: 1997
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

From Publishers Weekly
In Xenia, Ohio, in 1938, Orson Welles's famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast throws a black girl and her family into confusion, in Hamilton's deftly entertaining work. Ages 9-12.
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Customer Reviews

It's a good book
If it wasn't written like how Virginia has written this book, I think that the book would have been much more boring. She gave information on the book little by little so that I could drop the book until I finished it. It gave me lots of things I could think about and go over. It gave me thoughts and imaginations on how people went hysterical during the radio play. I liked it how each character was so different from each other. Some of them were completely opposite of each other and others were unique. I thought it was a good book and especially liked the conclusion. It was a good ending to the story.
MK from HK

It's a good book
If the story wasn't written in a way that Virginia had, I think that it would have been much more boring. The author gives information of the book little by little, making me hold the book and read it until I finished it. I agree with the others that it started boring, but as I read more and more the story got more interesting. It gave me things to think about a lot of things.

Willie Bea and the Time the Martians landed review:
Xenia, Ohio, in 1938, Willie bea, the main character, a very responsible, caring and right character and her family falls into a panic situation recieved by a famous radio broadcast about martians landing on earth. It's a pretty good story, written by the famous author, Virginia Hamilton.
It starts really slow, but it gets better, until you can't get off it.
I liked it, especially the part from the situation where Aunt Leah started to panic after recieving the news from the radio broadcast.
The end is really good, good conclusion, I'd say. A great recomendation to the people who likes science fiction.